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• Teenage boy dead after SUV rolls following police chase; ASIRT investigating

  16-08-2018 22:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a 16-year-old boy died following a police chase near Sherwood Park Tuesday.
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) said in a news release Thursday that the teenager died when the vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled over, minutes after Strathcona County RCMP called off a pursuit.
  The chase began around 3 p.m. Tuesday. RCMP said they were conducting a stolen vehicle investigation and followed a GMC Yukon SUV to a business on
  
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• Driver suffers 'life-threatening injuries' after early morning Kingsway Drive crash

  16-08-2018 22:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man suffered life-threatening injuries after the car he was driving crashed near the old Edmonton municipal airport Thursday morning.
  Police said that before the silver Chevrolet Cobalt crashed near Kingsway Drive and 118 Avenue, officers had spotted it speeding eastbound along 118 Avenue at 123 Street around 12:45 a.m.
  Crash investigators believe the driver attempted to merge onto Kingsway Drive but spun out, jumped the sidewalk and crashed into a parked green Ford F150.
  A passenger in t
  
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• Edmonton police still looking for man who shot woman with pellet gun

  16-08-2018 22:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who shot a woman in a park in the Minchau neighbourhood earlier this week with a pellet gun remains at large, Edmonton police said Thursday.
  The victim — who has since been released from hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries — was shot in the area of Minchau School near 3615 Mill Woods Rd, at around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday.
  A large police presence, including a canine unit, searched the neighbouring area but were unable to locate the suspect.
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• On Andrej Sekera, the Edmonton Oilers, and the ripple effect

  16-08-2018 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Make no mistake, the recent achilles injury to veteran defenceman Andrej Sekera has put the Edmonton Oilers in a spot of bother.
  Coming off a down year for both himself and the team — not unrelated outcomes — his position on the Oilers’ depth chart was the subject of speculation. But in one important respect, Sekera is, or should I say was, #1 with a bullet. His $5,500,000 cap hit is the highest on the blue line. He was signed to a six-year deal at that figure in 2015 and broug
  
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• AUPE reaches tentative deal with province for 23,000 government employees

  16-08-2018 22:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province has reached a tentative deal with the union representing about 23,000 Alberta government employees after more than a year of negotiations.
  “Details of the tentative agreement will not be released publicly until members have had a chance to review and vote on it,” said Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) vice-president Karen Weiers in a Thursday news release.
  Union members will receive a ratification package over the next few weeks and can vote via mail-in ballot
  
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• Fringe review: Awkward Hug

  16-08-2018 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Awkward Hug
  • 3 stars out of 5 
  • Stage 11, Nordic Studio Theatre
  Awkward Hug, a one-man autobiography about Cory Thibert’s late teenage years, is extremely well-performed, but sometimes strays too far from the main focus.
  It is an incredibly heartwarming recollection of Thibert’s family being forced to move from one affordable housing location to another while Thibert learned the extent of his parents’ disabilities. Without spoiling anything, the ending is beaut
  
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• Fringe review: Jon Bennett: Fire in the Meth Lab

  16-08-2018 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire in the Meth Lab
  • 5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 26, The Almanac
  Jon Bennett is relatable from the get-go, chatting up the audience about his time in town and describing his sibling rivalry with his older brother Tim.
  The show is charming, engaging and endearing as Bennet tries to understand how his black-sheep brother became addicted to drugs and ended up being chased by police after a meth lab explosion.
  Melbourne-based Bennett blends anecdotes with multimedia, family photos and Austr
  
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• Fringe review: Josephine

  16-08-2018 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Josephine 
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre
  If you grew up in the world of performing arts, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Josephine Baker, a well-known dancer, singer and civil rights activist who worked from the 1920s until her death in 1975.
  But knowing anything about Baker before going to see Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play isn’t necessary. The play takes you through the life of the first African-American international
  
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• Fringe review: A Nightmare on East Hastings: A Comedy

  16-08-2018 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Nightmare on East Hastings: A Comedy
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre
  The latest offering by Winnipeg’s Bill Pats is heartbreaking and raw — and it’s billed as a comedy.
  Pats, an engaging storyteller, effectively weaves humour into this look at life on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The grim picture sticks with you.
  A veteran of the Fringe circuit, Pats moved to Vancouver because performing wasn’t paying the bills. He takes a room with
  
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• Fringe review: So I Was Stranded on an Island in Southern Nova Scotia

  16-08-2018 21:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  So I Was Stranded on an Island in Southern Nova Scotia
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 8, Prowse Crowne Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre
  Andrew Lopatin combines storytelling and music. The troubadour has crossed the country 14 times in seven years.
  We see him first trying to warm up by a dandy little campfire on the stage after losing his canoe. Shouldn’t have skipped the portage; “A lazy man works twice,” he says quietly. Very quietly. The performer’s spea
  
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• Fringe review: jem rolls: I, IDIOT

  16-08-2018 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  jem rolls: I, IDIOT
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 13, Old Strathcona Public Library
  Jem Rolls, the Fringe circuit’s grandmaster, makes self-deprecation an art, as you might guess from the title.
  It’s not a poetry show, he says after a couple of poems. Rather, it’s a “verbal bouffon.” Rolls teases new meaning out of familiar words (who ever realized that Google has the same spelling as ‘go ogle’?), delivering on the promise.
  Here we approach
  
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• Records set to tumble at Edmonton Marathon, say organizers

  16-08-2018 21:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Organizers are confident a change in the weather will help a record-breaking field of runners competing in Sunday’s Edmonton Marathon to produce record-breaking times.
  Concerns swirling earlier in the week about how much Edmonton’s post-apocalyptic smoke haze could impact the 26th edition of the event were put to bed Thursday at the official event launch.
  Speaking on behalf of the event, John Stanton, CEO and founder of Running Room, said a shift in wind direction, some localize
  
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• Vote on Edmonton Journal Front Yards in Bloom Readers' Choice Award

  16-08-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s most beloved yards feature a common element each summer: bright yellow placards identifying them as Front Yards In Bloom contestants. The markers emerge from the tulips and petunias as both a badge of honour and signal to passersby, beckoning them to admire the efforts of dedicated gardeners who work to beautify Edmonton’s neighbourhoods.
  Thousands of the city’s finest front yards have been examined by a team of volunteer judges and whittled down to a handful of
  
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• FortisAlberta fined $300,000 over Hinton PCB leak

  16-08-2018 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  FortisAlberta Inc. has been fined $300,000 after a polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) leak from a Hinton transformer the power distribution company didn’t report for seven months.
  FortisAlberta reported in May 2016 that one of its transformers had leaked oil, but enforcement officers found the company had discovered the leak in October 2015, according to a news release Thursday from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  Testing results showed about 325 litres of oil containing PCBs
  
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• Fentanyl designed to look like heroin, say police, seizing $1-million in drugs

  16-08-2018 19:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police seized nearly $1-million in drugs after shutting down an Edmonton drug house where fentanyl was being tailored to look like heroin, say provincial investigators.
  Officers executing a search warrant Aug. 8 in the Silverberry neighbourhood discovered the fentanyl processing lab, said the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) in a Thursday release.
  More than two kilograms of processed fentanyl was seized, say investigators with ALERT’s Edmonton’s crime and gang unit. Poli
  
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• Teenage boy killed after SUV rolls following police chase; ASIRT investigating

  16-08-2018 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a 16-year-old boy died following a police chase near Sherwood Park Tuesday.
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) said in a news release Thursday that the teenager died when the vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled over, minutes after Strathcona County RCMP called off a pursuit.
  The chase began around 3 p.m. Tuesday. RCMP said they were conducting a stolen vehicle investigation and followed a GMC Yukon SUV to a business on
  
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• Wildlife: Edmonton Rock Music Fest this weekend features Los Lobos, Gord Steinke

  16-08-2018 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s only one way to rock, the saying goes — but that’s not true at all, and the Edmonton Rock Music Festival proves that year after year.
  Entirely a fundraiser for the excellent people at the Centre for Arts and Music — a school of rock with a special focus on vulnerable youth — the organization has put instruments in the hands of kids since 2010, hooking them up with musical mentors including indie scene veterans Curtis Ross, Alex Vissia, Amy van
  
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• New air aware guidelines alert you when it is too smoky to play outside

  16-08-2018 15:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two years ago, when most of Alberta lay under a thick cloud of smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire, a question crossed Richard Dixon’s mind.
  An environmental policy researcher and sometimes youth soccer referee, he wondered: how much smoke is too much when it comes to outdoor exercise?
  “We had situations two years ago when air quality was 10-plus (on the air quality health index), and people were trying to keep their kids on the field,” said Dixon. “And that’s put
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Ryan Davis, Edmonton Rock Music Festival, and Ukrainian Day

  16-08-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Little River Band
  Remember dancing in the dark, walking through the park, and reminiscing? No? That’s okay, Australia’s Little River Band has done the job for you in the form of their soft rock classic, Reminiscing. The Australian five-piece, formed back in ’75, marches on with none of the original members but plenty of pretty harmonies for those wanting to hear such radio hits as Take It Easy on Me, Cool Change, and Help Is on Its Way.
  When: Thursday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m.
  Where:
  
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• Edmonton weather: Where once was sky, only smoke remains

  16-08-2018 14:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Thursday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 14.0 C with calm winds.
  Air quality advisory
  Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for the city of Edmonton Tuesday, and was extended Thursday, as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia made its way into the province. Forecasters say air quality has improved in northern parts of the province, however, more smoke is expected to move back
  
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• Thursday's letters: Yo-yo speed limits too distracting

  16-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Yesterday, I drove my dad to the library just off 106 Street south of Whitemud Crossing. We drove down 106 Street for a few blocks south of Whitemud to get there and I couldn’t believe the number of times the speed signs changed from 50 km/h to 30 km/h and back in just a few blocks.
  There are several playgrounds in that area so the speed signs keep changing. You are so focused on watching for speed signs that your attention is not where it should be. It’s a place where an accident is
  
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• Opinion: Added details would make sunshine lists more meaningful

  16-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In 2015, the Alberta government extended coverage for disclosure of public servant salaries to those who make more than $125,000 per year. The new legislation was celebrated by all political parties as a victory for “transparency” and “open government,” and the right of taxpayers to know how public money is being spent. The legislative record is replete with these platitudes yet devoid of any specific policy objective.
  When Ontario created their list in 1996, the immediat
  
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• One of Alberta's highest-paid public servants leaving post at WCB

  16-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the highest-paid public servants in Alberta is leaving his job.
  Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta president Guy Kerr has decided to retire from the position he has held since 2002, a WCB spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.
  “I can share that Guy has decided to retire after serving WCB-Alberta in his role for over 16 years, leaving behind a strong legacy of leadership and success,” Cindi Schwartz wrote in an email.
  “The organization is in a strong position and is o
  
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• Graham Thomson: UCP keeps playing whack-a-bozo with wannabe candidates

  16-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If some days you think you’ve got a tough, thankless job, just be grateful you don’t have one of the toughest, most thankless jobs in the province: executive director of the United Conservative Party.
  The position is held by Janice Harrington, a veteran of Alberta conservative politics, whose job these days includes playing whack-a-mole with wannabe UCP candidates who have a propensity for spouting disturbing and/or ridiculous comments on social media.
  It is Harrington’s job to
  
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• Man taken to hospital after high-speed police chase following gunshot complaint

  16-08-2018 06:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The driver of a white Kia Soul was taken away on a stretcher after the vehicle he was in led police on a high-speed chase ending on Wayne Gretzky Drive Wednesday.
  Police began a pursuit of the SUV after receiving reports that someone in the vehicle shot a gun at a black truck near Hermitage Road and Hooke Road at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, said Edmonton police Insp. Erik Johnson.
  The chase ended when the Kia hit two civilian vehicles near 101 Avenue and 75 Street, police said. A police cruiser th
  
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• Horse-drawn wagon rolls at Fort Edmonton Park, six people in hospital

  16-08-2018 04:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Six people have been transported to hospitals across Edmonton — one in a serious condition — after a horse-drawn wagon rolled at Fort Edmonton Park Wednesday morning.
  The extent of the injuries and just what caused the wagon to roll are still unknown, said Darren Dalgleish, president and CEO of Fort Edmonton Management Company.
  “We are currently attending to the needs of the guests involved and EMS is on scene to assist us with this event,” Dalgleish said.
  “We don&r
  
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• Energy regulator investigating pipeline spill at Long Lake

  16-08-2018 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort McMurray — A pipeline has spilled thousands of litres of produced water at Nexen’s Long Lake facility south of Fort McMurray.
  Approximately 270,000 litres of the fluid leaked from a pipeline eight kilometres southeast of Anzac, said Alberta Energy Regulator spokesperson Shawn Roth. The company reported the spill to the regulator Sunday.
  Produced water is a byproduct of the extraction process in the oil and gas industry.
  “The majority of the release has been contained withi
  
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• Richard Dixon has developed air aware guideline that alert you when it is too smoky to play outside

  16-08-2018 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two years ago, when most of Alberta lay under a thick cloud of smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire, a question crossed Richard Dixon’s mind.
  An environmental policy researcher and sometimes youth soccer referee, he wondered: how much smoke is too much when it comes to outdoor exercise?
  “We had situations two years ago when air quality was 10-plus (on the air quality health index), and people were trying to keep their kids on the field,” said Dixon. “And that’s put
  
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• Suspect in Calling Lake shooting acquitted; judge questions police investigation

  16-08-2018 01:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge who acquitted a man accused in a shooting and home invasion on a northern Alberta First Nation remarked Wednesday that the violent attack warranted a more thorough police investigation.
  “The victims of this brutal attack deserve more and their community deserves more,” Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Juliana Topolniski said as she finished delivering her verdict, finding Lindsie John Bigstone not guilty of the four charges he’d faced.
  Bigstone, 31, was accused of b
  
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• Edmonton Air Show takes flight this weekend

  16-08-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Gary Rower, performing in air shows is reminiscent of his former career as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.
  “I just like flying upside down,” he quipped by phone Wednesday.
  And Rower will be doing just that at the fourth Edmonton Air Show this weekend. Rain, shine, or smoke (the forecast is sunny), almost a dozen aerial performers will dazzle audiences Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the Villeneuve Airport northwest of Edmonton.
  
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• Edmonton researcher and soccer ref develops guidelines for when it's too smoky to play outside

  16-08-2018 00:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two years ago, when most of Alberta lay under a thick cloud of smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfire, a question crossed Richard Dixon’s mind.
  An environmental policy researcher and sometimes youth soccer referee, he wondered: how much smoke is too much when it comes to outdoor exercise?
  “We had situations two years ago when air quality was 10-plus (on the air quality health index), and people were trying to keep their kids on the field,” said Dixon. “And that’s put
  
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• Driver 'purposefully' slams truck into Sherwood Park Safeway: RCMP

  16-08-2018 00:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP in Sherwood Park are looking for a driver who rammed a stolen truck into the entrance of a local Safeway before fleeing the scene.
  Strathcona County RCMP said in a news release Wednesday that the driver “purposefully” drove a black Dodge Ram into the Sherwood Drive Safeway around 5:10 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect then took off eastbound on Granada Boulevard.
  RCMP said the building sustained “significant” damage. Work crews were at the grocery store Wednesday afternoon
  
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